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There are too many loopholes and grey areas that unscrupulous employers can exploit
Government plans measures to force ferry operators to improve conditions
Even if ferry operator accepts error of its ways, Peter Hebblethwaite must be held accountable
Transport secretary will warn ferry company that law will wipe out savings from cheaper labour
Downing Street backs Grant Shapps’ call for ferry boss to go after ‘breathtaking’ admission of lawbreaking on job cuts
Wide discrepancy in valuations between company and trustees for three ferries pledged against £146mn deficit
Employment practices need tighter regulation and better enforcement in the wake of the mass sacking scandal
CEO Peter Hebblethwaite admits to MPs that ferry company broke the law over 800 sackings
Ferry group accused of ‘thuggery’ as Peter Hebblethwaite says lack of consultation was deliberate decision
Prime minister warns of multimillion pound fine but ferry operator could avoid penalty on technical point
Company also warns in letter to Kwarteng of possible further round of staff redundancies
It should trouble UK ministers that the ferry company thought it could ignore basic employment rights
UK transport secretary warns of consumer and industry boycott after company sacks staff
Government should rethink relations with ferry operator and its owner
Chancellor signals DP World will be allowed to invest in UK freeports despite mass firing of ferry staff
MP calls on watchdog to investigate £146mn debt owed to scheme
London unlikely to reprimand Dubai-based group that has invested huge sums in Britain
Move to replace UK-based crew has led to outrage and request for Insolvency Service to investigate
Ferry operator under intense pressure as it claims replacing British staff was ‘last resort’
Unions hit out over lack of consultation as company warns it is not ‘a viable business’
Unions hit out at ‘shameful’ move to replace UK crew with cheaper agency staff
Such aggressive tactics have rarely been seen in UK since Wapping print workers strike of 1986
Eurotunnel, Brittany Ferries, P&O and Stena among groups vying for £300m of contracts
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